- recount (v.1)
- "to tell," mid-15c., also recompt, from Old North French and Anglo-French reconter (12c., Modern French raconter), from Old French re- (see re-) + conter "to relate, reckon" (see count (v)). Related: Recounted; recounting.
- recount (n.)
- also re-count, "a new count" (especially in an election), 1855, American English, from re- + count (n).
- recount (v.2)
- also re-count, "to enumerate again," 1764, from re- + count (v). Related: Recounted; recounting.
